International Rankings of French Polynesia 2023, country comparisons

This table lists the international rankings of French Polynesia, in all categories that are published in the CIA World Factbook, and those that we derived from them. Additional international rankings of French Polynesia, can be found in the main country ranks menu.
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Ranked Data	Rank	Value	Year
Communications
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	31	23.00	2020
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	139	64000	2020
Internet users - percent of population	43	72.70 %	2021
Internet users - total	178	218100	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	24	36.00	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	133	108051	2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	54	106.00	2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	175	322918	2021
Economy
Budget - expenditures	155	1.833 billion US Dollars	2011
Budget - revenues	150	1.891 billion US Dollars	2012
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	22	1.20 % of GDP	N/A
Current account balance	60	411.963 million US Dollars	2016
Exchange rates	53	100.88	N/A
Exports	170	1.245 billion US Dollars	2014
GDP (official exchange rate)	169	4.795 billion US Dollars	2015
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	160	17.50 % of GDP	2014
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	10	33.60 % of GDP	2014
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	81	66.90 % of GDP	2014
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	69	37.50 % of GDP	2014
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	91	19.40 % of GDP	2014
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	55	0.10 % of GDP	2014
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	126	2.50 % of GDP	2009
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	151	13.00 % of GDP	2009
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	17	84.50 % of GDP	2009
Imports	169	2.235 billion US Dollars	2014
Labor force	182	130100 US Dollars	2021
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	86	13 %	N/A
Labor force - by occupation - industry	76	19 %	N/A
Labor force - by occupation - services	57	68 %	2013
Population below poverty line	95	20 %	2009
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	175	5.490 billion US Dollars	2017
Real GDP growth rate	165	1.02 %	2021
Real GDP per capita	95	17000 US Dollars	2015
Taxes and other revenues	13	39.40 % of GDP	N/A
Unemployment rate	37	14.39 %	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	21	43.90	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	17	35.40	N/A
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	15	38.90	N/A
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions - from petroleum and other liquids	171	1.030 million metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - total	172	1.030 million	2019
Electricity - consumption	165	639.700 million kWh	2019
Electricity - installed generating capacity	163	272000 kWh	2020
Electricity - transmission/distribution losses	169	41.000 million kWh	2019
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels	77	66.50 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - hydroelectricity	65	27.40 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - solar	20	6.10 %	2020
Petroleum - refined petroleum consumption	165	6700 bbl/day	2019
Refined petroleum products - imports	161	6785 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Land use - agricultural land	160	13	2018
Land use - arable land	155	1	2018
Land use - forest	61	44	2018
Land use - other	52	44	2018
Land use - permanent crops	43	6	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	129	6	2018
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	132	0.65	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	89	62	2023
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	108	147000.00 tons	2013
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	86	57330 tons	2013
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	11	39.00 %	2013
Geography
Area - land	177	3827 sq km	N/A
Area - total	177	4167 sq km	1867
Area - water	124	340 sq km	N/A
Coastline	49	2525 km	N/A
Elevation - highest point	94	2241 meters	N/A
Irrigated land	151	10 sq km	2012
Land use - agricultural land	160	13	2018
Land use - arable land	155	1	2018
Land use - forest	61	44	2018
Land use - other	52	44	2018
Land use - permanent crops	43	6	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	129	6	2018
Population Density	132	78.78 Persons per sq km	N/A
Population
Birth rate	132	13.22 births/1,000 population	2023
Currently married women (ages 15-49)	163	27 %	2023
Death rate	153	5.67 deaths/1,000 population	2023
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	81	14.00 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	91	7.10 %	2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	141	45.60 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	116	31.60 %	N/A
Gross reproduction rate	81	0.88 %	2023
Infant mortality rate - female	189	3.42 deaths/1,000 live births	2023
Infant mortality rate - male	172	5.23 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Infant mortality rate - total	178	4.34 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - female	69	81 years	2023
Life expectancy at birth - male	58	76 years	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - total population	59	79 years	N/A
Median age - female	79	34 years	2020
Median age - male	70	33 years	N/A
Median age - total	70	33 years	N/A
Net migration rate	102	0.61 migrant(s)/1,000 population	N/A
Population	181	301488	2023
Population growth rate	101	0.70 %	2023
Sanitation facility access - total	99	3 % of population	2020
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	10	1.06 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - 15-64 years	17	1.06 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	18	0.95 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - at birth	8	1.05 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - total population	14	1.05 male(s)/female	N/A
Total fertility rate	103	1.80 children born/woman	2023
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	132	0.65	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	89	62	2023
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	21	43.90	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	17	35.40	N/A
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	15	38.90	N/A
Transportation
Airports	77	54	2021
Airports - with unpaved runways	90	9	N/A
Heliports	25	1	2021
Merchant marine - total	124	25	N/A
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	83	19.00	N/A
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	26	2	2020
Roadways - paved	114	1735 km	1999
Roadways - total	146	2590 km	1999

*CALCULATED FIGURES are those that we calculated from data presented by the CIA World Factbook. For example, we calculated population density by dividing the total population by the land area, the electricity consumption per capita by dividing electricity consumption by the total population, etc.

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